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Reins vs Chatbox: catalog facts
Reins	Chatbox
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…
Linux, iOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works with Ollama, LM Studio and OpenAI-compatible servers Can run models on the device with no server	Works with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Azure and local Ollama models from one window Conversations are stored locally rather than on someone else's server
Needs a model server or a downloaded model before it is useful Responses depend on the size of model your hardware can run	You need your own API keys, and those cost money per use It is a client, so it cannot run a model itself without Ollama or similar
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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